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table

UK/ˈteɪbl̩/ US/ˈt(ʰ)eɪbɫ̩/ very common us
noun (6) verb (1)

noun

1.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

  • “see table 1”
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2.

a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs

  • “it was a sturdy table”
3.

a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it

  • “I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant”
4.

flat tableland with steep edges

  • “the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water”
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5.

a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game

  • “he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks”
6.

food or meals in general

  • “she sets a fine table”
  • “room and board”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). The sense of “piece of furniture” is from Old French table, of same Latin origin; Old English used bēod or bord instead for this meaning: see board. Doublet of tabula and tavla.

Phrases

  • above the table
  • at table
  • bottom of the table
  • bring to the table
  • clear the table
  • coffee table book
  • coffee-table book
  • cool kids' table
  • tabula rasa

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